The most important thing I’ve learned since the beginning of the semester is to never take anything for granted. While at school I never thought about how lucky I was to be there and how I would feel if it would all be taken away. There were many times I would think to myself “I won’t go to this event, I have all semester” or “It’s okay I have the rest of the year to go to this”. Little did I know I don’t have the rest of my freshman year and I would be spending it at home. If I had known this I would have seized every opportunity handed to me and done whatever possible to fulfill all I wanted my freshman year. I now think about returning to campus and how I will change my outlook on things once we are able to return. I will no longer take being at my gorgeous campus with my amazing friends for granted again. Many are not able to experience the luxury of being away at school and gain that sense of independence. I never really thought about how lucky I was that my parents were able to send me to such an amazing institution to study what I love. I am excited for what my future holds but also scared for what changes will arise after this pandemic. However no matter what is thrown my direction I will work hard to take advantage of everything in life. Not only did I not realize how lucky I was to be away I didn’t realize how lucky I was to see my friends and family because now I am unable to do that as well. I hope that after all of this everyone has a different outlook on life and lives their lives to the fullest.
Just Live.
English 110 Spring 2020 10:10-11:00 
Hi Eleni!! I really enjoyed reading your blog post! One thing that drawed me in was the picture you included!! You look so happy to be at school doing what you love most, working in the ideas of your major which is nursing. Your first sentence, “The most important thing I’ve learned since the beginning of the semester is to never take anything for granted”, really grabbed my attention as well. We should never take anything for granted and I additonally learned that as well when our second semester was closing a month in and we had to attend online school which is completely different than actually attending classes at UD. It does seem though you are making the best out of being home with being with your family and in the beginning, before everything was bad, seeing your friends. I hope you are doing well and you have a great break once the semester ends!
Alexis Lichten
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Hi Eleni! I couldn’t agree more with this post. This has been such a weird time, our daily lives turned upside-down, but if one positive thing has comes out of this, I think a huge percentage of us are going to stop taking things from granted. I also had times at school where I’d stay in because I was overwhelmed or wish I had just a couple days off from all of the craziness. But looking back now as our freshman year fades away, I wish I would have pushed myself to experience all of them, as I am now feeling a slight sense of regret that maybe I did’t make my time at school all it could’ve been. There are so many more things I wanted to experience freshman year and since it got cut short, I was unable to. After this experience though, like you said, I’m not going to push those opportunities to the side and say, “I’ll just do that next time,” because I’ve learned that nothing is promised, nothing is guaranteed, and we must go out and live while we can.
Great ideas, great title, great post—thanks for the read!
Emma Charles
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Hi Eleni, hope everything is well. I love this piece!! Your perspective on your freshman year is really positive, and that’s so important, especially now during this time. I also used to avoid going to events because I thought I would be able to go later on in the semester too. I loved the line, “However no matter what is thrown my direction I will work hard to take advantage of everything in life.” Going into the second semester, I know that I cant take simple things for granted, even little things like watching a movie with my roommates. Your piece flowed really well and made me more hopeful for next semester. My outlook on life has also changed, now knowing that everything can change in a second. Great writing, stay healthy!
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